Question

I’m still getting used to the whole “Controller” flow of iPhone development.

I’m using MonoTouch to build my app.

So my rootController is a TabBarController set in AppDelegate.

        tabBarController = new UITabBarController ();
        tabBarController.ViewControllers = new UIViewController [] {
            mapView,
            items,
            account
        };

In one of my view’s however, I’d like to have a UINavigationControl, so that people can click on items, then have the option to go back.

So here’s my constructor for my MapView.

    public MapViewController () : base ("MapViewController", null)
    {
        Title = "Map";
        TabBarItem.Image = UIImage.FromBundle ("Images/first");
    }

So how do I add other types of ViewControllers at this point?

Answer 1

Instead of using your MapViewController in the tab bar, just add a UINavigationController instead.
On that you then push the MapViewController. If your MapViewController pushes then another controller on top of the UINavigationController‘s stack, the UINavigationController will handle the “go back” work for you by providing a button in its top toolbar, a UINavigationItem.

You might want to read into the documentation of UINavigationController and all the samples around.